# Counties in Connecticut by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2024

All 9 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `rent_burden_30_plus_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Renter households whose gross rent (contract rent plus utilities and fuels the renter pays) was 30 percent or more of household income in the past 12 months, as a percentage of renter households for which that ratio can be computed. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/connecticut-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 58.7 |
| 2 | South Central Connecticut Planning Region | 53.5 |
| 3 | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 53.5 |
| 4 | Western Connecticut Planning Region | 52.8 |
| 5 | Capitol Planning Region | 51.9 |
| 6 | Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 51 |
| 7 | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region | 49.6 |
| 8 | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 44.2 |
| 9 | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 40.9 |